Meet 'unsung hero' Chris, CEO of Newable. They support small and medium-sized UK businesses to grow.

Listen to his story and idea for government to give an independent institution, focused on objectively growing the economy, the ability to represent British business in a non-political way.

Follow or connect with Chris on LinkedIn and check out iMindventures.com to learn more or get involved.

Meet 'unsung hero' Ankshita, Operations Director at Startup Discovery School in Asia. They support entrepreneurs who are often underrepresented and/or overlooked.

Listen to her story and ideas for innovating how we do demoracy, including that policy-making should be more inclusive and iterative, so we can mosre easily solve our biggest shared challenges (such as climate change).

Connect with Ankshita on LinkedIn and check out iMindventures.com to get involved.

Meet Mo, Co-Founder of UrbanChain, a Manchester-based scale-up company. They're revolutionising the renewable energy markets and decreasing our reliance on gas. Listen to their story and ideas for innovating how we do democracy and grow the economy.

Follow UrbanChain on LinkedIn and find out more at urbanchain.co.uk.

Ever heard about a company being spun out of 10 Downing Street? Or the idea that some of our institutions should take a more revolutionary approach?

Listen to our latest unsung hero, Simon, who is trailblazing how behavioural science can improve policy-making and help our democracy to thrive.

Today's guests are entrepreneurs Mandy Nyarko MBE and Gosbert Chagula MBE, Co-Founders of Startup Discovery School.

In this episode, Mandy and Gos discuss the importance of social mobility, why the "Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic" (BAME) acronym is unnecessary, and what governments and investors can do to overcome bias and empower people who are currently underserved.

Learn more about Startup Discover School and check out their Instagram here.

Some terminology:

• "Incubator" - where startup founders develop and test their business ideas
• "Accelerator" - where founders grow their customer base and prepare for scaling-up
• "ERDF" - European Regional Development Fund
• "SEIS" - Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
• "EIS" - Enterprise Investment Scheme

Navjot Sawhney, Founder & CEO of the Washing Machine Project, shares their policy ideas for bridging innovation and humanitarianism.

This includes:

• Increase funding for innovative international development projects
• Improve R&D tax credits for startups and small businesses

Today's guest is Kabiné Komara, former Prime Minister of Guinea, Adviser and Author.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why climate change and access to jobs are two of our biggest shared global issues
• Good governance is one of the biggest challenges facing Africa
• We need to better manage and share resources, especially water
• Conflicts over water in Nigeria and Syria led to deaths, demonstrations and mass migration
• Water sharing between countries brings about peace!
• Budgets need to reflect the priority and size of problems
• Seeing young people around the world coming together to find solutions is a source of hope, but it needs to be sustained and protected

Kabiné Komara was introduced to the podcast by Sundeep Waslekar, who was interviewed in an earlier episode.

Today's guest is Esther O'Callaghan OBE, Co-Founder & CEO of hundo Ltd, an innovative careers platform connecting Gen Z talent to leading employers.

In this episode, Esther explains why you need paid work to lift yourself out of poverty and how you can’t do that without access to opportunities - which is why hundo is helping young people to access employment and learning opportunities.

In fact, they’ve raised $2 million to help them scale-up their impact and utilise the 'metaverse".

Listen to their story and follow Esther on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.